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Worried about a lien

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I did a job for an old boss boss at a residential house in Ohio ,I still waiting in payment fir the job completed for him .$2000.00’ While doing the job the homeowner asked me to do more work Bc they didn’t trust my old contractor boss to complete the work ‘ I agreed to do the work I wrote up a contract and agreed on 1/2 payment up front and rest on completion. My old boss found out and now is trying to say I have a non compete contract with him and threading to lien my house for $25,000 and tried paying me less of $500 Bc he said he had to attain an attorney’ ‘ I still have a valid contract with the homeowner and half the work has been completed ‘ no Iam worried about getting paid and a possible lien ‘ what do I do Thx Tom from Ohio

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Dec 6, 2021

Simply put, you have nothing to worry about at the moment. If you never signed a non-compete agreement, old boss cannot just create one out of the blue. Old boss also cannot file a lien against you on a whim. Mechanic's liens in Ohio can only be filed for work performed on a piece of real property at the consent of the owner of the property. Old boss could file a judgment lien against your property, but he would first have to get a judgment from a court, which he hasn't done because he hasn't filed anything against you (that you know of). 

I think your best course of action is to simply forget about his "lien" claim (since it is just a threat with nothing to back it up) and then file a complaint against him in small claims court for the $2,000. 

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